Transaortic fine-needle aspiration of centrally located lung cancer under endoscopic ultrasound guidance: the final frontier

Michael B Wallace; Timothy A Woodward; Massimo Raimondo; Mohammad Al-Haddad; John A Odell

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.012

Transaortic fine-needle aspiration of centrally located lung cancer under endoscopic ultrasound guidance: the final frontier

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Sep;84(3):1019-21. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.012.

Authors

Michael B Wallace¹, Timothy A Woodward, Massimo Raimondo, Mohammad Al-Haddad, John A Odell

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 17720426
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.012

Abstract

We describe endoscopic ultrasound guided fine-needle aspiration of a mass adjacent to the descending thoracic aorta, which was performed without complication.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Biopsy, Needle / methods*
Endosonography*
Female
Humans
Lung / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery